If you have a question about the reviews please check out the “About the Game Reviews” page.  All other random questions will be posted here.

1. I’ve got a great idea, can you help me sell my game?

Sorry, no. But please check out these great resources:

• The Toy Industry Association’s website has lots of tips for breaking into the industry here: TIA Toy and Designer Guide
• The Toy and Game Inventors Expo held in Chicago every year and it’s one of the only places you can show your inventions to some of the top inventor relations people and buyers in the biz.  (And I was a speaker there last year!)  Check it out here: TAGIE

2. Can you please review my game?

Maybe.  I always have a stack of games on my desk awaiting a game review, but I’m willing to look at other products.  Because of the volume of games out there it’s best to send me a blurb on what your game is.  I’ll email you back and let you know if I’d like a sample to try.  I’ll play it within a couple different settings and if I like it I’ll review it with a disclaimer that it’s something I got from the manufacturer/inventor for free.  If I don’t think I can review it I will respond to you via email and will donate the products to a local library so you still get some PR out of the deal.

Please keep in mind the types of games I’m reviewing on this site; I don’t write about hard core “gamer” games or games that take longer than ~30-35 minutes.

3. I sent you a game AGES ago and you still haven’t reviewed it.

If there wasn’t so much IP sitting on my desk, I’d include a photo with this answer.  If you haven’t gotten an email from me, I’m still working on it.  Each game I see gets played a bunch of times – big groups, small groups, with kids, with a bunch of semi-inebriated adults and then I have to write the review!  It’s hard to get through all of that quickly considering this isn’t my full time job.  Please be patient – you know the Heinz slogan…”Good things come to those who wait.”

4. How do I contact you?

Please use the box below – that way it won’t slowly die in my spam folder.  Thanks!